Brierley, Sean wrote: > When I was a lad, we used a colon plus dash to introduce a list. > > My list of cool cars includes:- > > *Austin Healy 3000 > *WRX > *Evo VIII > *'68 Mustang 428 Cobra Jet > > Anyone else taught that way? Why was it taught that way, what's the > history? Why was it discontinued? Am I losing my mind? >
AFAIK it's a UK thing that never caught on in the US. I'm not sure that any UK publishers still use it, but some may. ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. DITA West 2007--Use a discount code of "TECHCOMMPROS" to get a discount rate of $200 off the $900 registration price. http://www.travelthepath.com/conf/dita2007.shtml _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
